James Brand -- Peter Kirsch -- SoftSide Publications, March 1982
Solution by Dale Dobson, www.gamingafter40.com
From the game's introductory text: "The President's life is in danger! As James
Brand, you must save his life and destroy the evil Dr. Death. But beware! Your life is constantly
on the line; each move you make could be your last."
This is a very structured adventure, really a series of ludicrous set pieces that require very
specific actions. Most of the puzzles aren't as difficult as wrestling with the parser.
Solution:
OPEN CASE
GET KEY
W
GO CAR
START CAR (and hit RETURN to release brake)
TURN KEY (out-of-control car stops and we get out on road)
N, N (repeat if necessary until motorcyclist appears)
PUSH RED (smoke screen blinds cyclist)
GO MOTORCYCLE (ride until we run out of gas and find ourselves on a street)
N (voice calls from inside building)
GO BUILDING (ticking box is tossed in)
W (explosion in building)
GO BUILDING
LOOK NOTE (very funny)
GO HOLE
GET QUARTER
W, W
S, W, W (somewhere here we should bump into a stranger who gives us a slip of paper)
READ PAPER
N
GO KLUB (Madame XXX invites us to sit down)
LOOK MADAME
SIT DOWN (she invites us to drink a toast)
PUT CAPSULE (we sneeze and hear a sliding sound)
SWITCH GLASSES (we switch them -- back)
DRINK TOAST (Madame XXX is dead)
W (back on the street)
N
GO STAND
GET HOTDOG (in exchange for quarter)
S
GO LAKE
DROP HOTDOG (clam gobbles it up and spits something out)
GET KEY
U, E
GO BOAT
LOOK BOAT
LOOK DASH
PUT KEY
LOOK MOTOR
PULL STRING (arrive at Death Island)
W, N (sharp-bladed boomerang is thrown)
DUCK
CLIMB TREE
GET SILENCER (it's attached to our gun)
D, N
SHOOT GUARD (You got him!)
GO PALACE (fall through hole in floor to... giant human pinball machine)
LOOK BACKGLASS (there's a tilt mechanism)
TILT MACHINE (ball drops out of play)
S, E
GO HOLE (small enclosed room with seeping gas)
LOOK VENT
PUSH YELLOW (knife shoots from case and plugs gas vent)
GO VENT
GET STICK
GO HOLE (to a hall)
PUSH BELL (shoved inside room, Dr. Death challenges us to a game of pool)
LOOK TABLE (8 ball looks strange)
GET BALL
THROW BALL (explosion kills guards; Dr. Death takes a hostage; we are getting sleepy)
YAWN (Dr. Death yawns too)
THROW CAPSULE (Dr. Death dies, girl escapes)
W, W
GET TACKS
E
GET SWORD (it's not visible, but...)
N
ATTACK GUARD (kill him with our sword)
E (bunch of guards with swords give chase)
DROP TACKS (guards retreat)
S, S, E
GO LAKE
PUT STICK (jams crocodile's mouth)
E (to golf course)
N
GO CLUBHOUSE (man shaving)
GET RAZOR (again, it's not mentioned)
S
GO SEWER
S, E (a bomb!)
LOOK BOMB (red wire)
CUT WIRE (the bomb is defused and the President is saved!)
